2023 Aurora Award Finalist, Graphic novel category
The wind is a capricious friend...
On the leafy planet Luurdu, young Adalou dreams of becoming a wind mistress. Alas, she faces a thorny competition because the kite choregraphy brings a high prestige to women who excel in the art
Adalou must overcome her family’s opposition, her biological limits and the jealousy of high-class rivals to conquer her own place in the sun.
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Discover a richly-developed world populated with vivid and endearing characters. Follow young Adalou as she struggles against powerful foes and her own body’s limits in the most prestigious kite contest of the planet!
This YA graphic novel kidnaps you into an alien civilization so out of this world that you will want to know more about it… and zoom through the pages before giving it to your daughter!
Fans of Babylon 5, Star Trek and Bride Stories will eat up this delicious coming-of-age story sprouting from Michèle Laframboise’s fertile imagination.
